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Between the 2nd -5th of October 2017 the Association of Local Authority of Tanzania (ALAT) held their 33rd Annual General Meeting at Julia’s Nyerere International Conference Center in Dar es Salaam (JNICC) themed, “Land under the jurisdiction of the local authorities is the catalyst for the development, the councils should allocate land for the investment of small and large-scale industries.”. Recognizing UNDP role as a key player and partner to the government of Tanzania in delivering development results, ALAT management team reached out to UNDP for support. UNDP Country team under inclusive growth and pro-poor pillar agree to aid ALAT with a total of $ 50,000 to facilitate the meeting

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Panasonic Corporation, signed an Agreement in July 2017 to support “conservation and Poverty Reduction through using Solar Lanterns for communities around the Nature Forest Reserves in Tanzania. The project is implemented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism in Tanzania(MNRT).

This is Kurio village in Dodoma where access to water has promoted easy access to healthcare facilities and services, employment opportunities to youth through brick making and construction of modern housing including the village dispensary. Before UNDP Intervention a single bucket of water costed about Tsh 500 (equivalent to 0.3USD) now the price per bucket is TZS 50 (equivalent to 0.30USD) and the nearest healthcare center was a ward dispensary located 3km from the village center.

UNDP Tanzania, in partnership with the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the Tanzanian government introduced a five-year programme (2015-2020) titled ‘Securing Watershed Services through Sustainable Land Management in the Ruvu and Zigi catchments (Eastern Arc Region Tanzania)’ The programme aimed at addressing the challenges facing Ruvu catchment by implementing sustainable land management interventions against land degradation in forests, rangelands and farmlands. The programme was developed by UNDP Tanzania and is currently being implemented by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MOWI) with a target to increase water quantity and quality by 10% by the year 2020.

UNDP Tanzania recently conducted a training for women entrepreneurs aimed at increasing women owned/managed business participation in United Nations Procurements. The purpose of the workshop was to i) to educate women entrepreneurs on UNDP’s procurement procedures, ii) to advance gender equality and women empowerment through public procurement, iii) engage more women in public procurement and iv) to assist women owned businesses to be registered with the UNDP local vendor roster.

UNDP in collaboration with the local NGO called HIMARU introduced a biogas project with aim of addressing the underlying driver of deforestation which primarily energy for cooking in the form of charcoal and firewood. The project is implemented in six ward namely Kiwira, Bulyaga, Msasani, Iponjola, Kyimo and Syukula wards.This project has brought a lot of positive changes among community members in Rungwe district particularly in wards where the project is being implemented. It had reduced the burden on women who used to walk up to five hours every morning in search of firewood for cooking, thereby exposing them to risks including physical and sexual abuse.

This year, the commemoration of the World Environment Day (WED) which is the United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment was fun and colorful in Tanzania.

THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently disbursed 1.3bn/- to six NGOs to help vulnerable local communities to mitigate the effects climate change through solar power solutions and new land use and water use technologies. The supported projects will improve livelihood situation of at least 15,000 people through water access, food security and income generation. The funds for these micro-projects projects were disbursed under the project entitled, “Climate Change Adaptation support through Small Grants Programme”, is implemented in partnership with the Vice-President’s Office, Division of Environment

This project was implemented under the Capacity Development in The Energy Sector and Extractive Industries (CADESE) programme with support from the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of Tanzania. One of the key objectives of the project is to accelerate achievement of SDG 7 on Energy and the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative through a wider adoption of Rural Energy Technologies (RETs).